Ultimate Tazer Ball: As dumb as it sounds

If you think ultimate fighting, is rough, meet Ultimate Tazer Ball. The players carry tasers, those self-defense devices that are intended to shock would-be attackers, and zap each other when necessary in a battle over a huge ball on something like a soccer field.

The sport was is the brainchild of Leif Kellenberger, Eric Prum and Erik Wunsch, who work in the world of professional paintball. They were brainstorming ideas for new extreme sports and thought of adding some real energy with the use of tasers. As the concept developed, they dropped real tasers, which can cause cardiac arrest and death, for stun guns that cause pain but are not dangerous. “It’s relatively safe as any contact sport would be” Prum says.

Then they turned to creating a sport that would be more than a gimmick. It includes elements of rugby, soccer and hockey. Teams of four vie to carry or throw a 24″ ball into the opponents’ goal. Tackling is allowed; punching isn’t. Defenders can only taze a player in possession of the ball who is within a designated space around the goals. (Tazing of the shoulders and groin is always illegal.)

Well that’s comforting.

These guys are Canadians, but the sport is illegal there, so they play in California and Thailand. (Insert your own joke here). It looks like they have four teams: LA Nightlight, Toronto Terror, San Diego Spartans and the Philadelphia Killawatts. Oh, you’re Killang me. Check them out on Facebook and YouTube.